Top System Engineer Jobs

Own the requirements, system safety, verification, and validation baseline for a major area of Blue Origin’s Lunar Human Landing System. Lead requirements decomposition, architecture inputs, anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, risk-based deviation disposition, and certification activities. Develop tool-driven engineering processes, coordinate across integrated product teams and external partners, review technical deliverables, mentor engineers, and set technical direction.

Develops and manages system requirements, architectures, designs, technical documentation, integration plans, and verification strategies for complex government systems. Coordinates hardware, software, facility, and personnel requirements; supports configuration control, risk management, testing, certification, and accreditation. Provides technical leadership and communicates with government stakeholders, program teams, and executives. Level II responsibilities additionally include DoDAF architecture implementation, SOA solutions, baseline management, JCIDS documentation, interface coordination, and quantitative system performance analysis.

Serves as the cognizant system engineer and technical authority for assigned plant systems. Coordinates configuration management, assesses system health and performance, oversees operability and maintenance, prepares design-change packages, evaluates impacts to safety authorization bases, troubleshoots technical issues, and drives system improvements. Requires engineering expertise in electrical, mechanical, chemical, or electromechanical systems within manufacturing or facility environments.

Design, develop, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and optimize industrial control systems. Responsibilities include control algorithms, PLC/DCS/SCADA configuration, hardware and software integration, technical documentation, performance analysis, compliance, customer-site support, and guidance for engineers and technicians. The role requires collaboration with electrical, software, quality assurance, and project management teams, along with approximately 30% travel to manufacturing facilities.

Serves as the Responsible Engineer for a Vehicle Management System, overseeing hardware and software development, requirements, architecture, integration, verification, modeling, simulation, and certification. Leads HIL, SIL, bench, simulation, and flight testing; conducts trade studies; coordinates cross-functional and supplier teams; presents technical risks and status; develops engineering artifacts; and mentors engineers. This is a full-time, on-site role in Palmdale, California, with travel up to 25%.

Design, integrate, analyze, and test power and control systems for unmanned platforms. Apply MBSE using tools such as Cameo or SysML to support requirements, architectures, trade studies, and validation. Create electrical documentation, support laboratory and field testing, troubleshoot hardware, integrate power sources, and collaborate with software, mechanical, and systems engineers on verification, validation, and risk mitigation.

Develop and productize advanced motion control algorithms for autonomous heavy machinery such as tractors, excavators, and dozers. Use MATLAB and Simulink for model-based design, signal conditioning, and feedback control. Apply sensor fusion, filtering, and vehicle dynamics modeling for real-time pose estimation. Validate algorithms through simulation and real-time hardware testing while collaborating on system architecture, software integration, quality, and performance.

Maintains and enhances hybrid infrastructure across VMware, Microsoft 365, identity, cloud, storage, backup, and disaster recovery environments. Administers enterprise systems, develops PowerShell automation, troubleshoots complex issues, remediates vulnerabilities, and supports migrations, modernization, and merger integration initiatives. Collaborates with technology, security, support, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Develop and maintain core kernel components for the embedded VxWorks operating system. Responsibilities include coding, testing, validation, debugging, issue resolution, documentation, code reviews, and hardware-software integration. The role requires strong operating-system and RTOS knowledge, C programming, embedded systems experience, and familiarity with device drivers and BSP board bring-up. Engineers collaborate cross-functionally using CI/CD and agile development practices.

Lead definition and standardization of next‑generation wireless system architecture across 3GPP, GSMA and TM Forum. Drive AI/ML and autonomous network integration, represent the company in standards bodies, define AI observability and agent frameworks, and produce actionable standards and architecture guidance for cloud‑native core networks and future 6G services.

Performs systems engineering across the full systems life cycle, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, operations, maintenance, risk, configuration, quality, and project management processes. Develops technical work products, analyzes design alternatives, makes recommendations, and communicates with government customers, program personnel, executives, and oversight stakeholders. The role requires U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with an agency-appropriate polygraph.

Leads systems engineering across the full system life cycle and ISO/IEC 15288 process areas. Develops and approves technical work products, analyzes alternatives, resolves complex engineering issues, briefs stakeholders, establishes engineering standards, and supervises engineering staff. Manages FORNSAT laboratory spaces, utilization plans, infrastructure diagrams, schedules, safety, inventory, staging, ITF SSP efforts, hardware and networking equipment, RF configurations, connectivity, wiring, and security requirements.

Support an Army Product Manager by translating operational requirements into hardware-focused system concepts, performance specifications, architectures, and technical documentation. Manage requirements, design, integration, testing, configuration audits, engineering changes, risk assessments, and program reviews. Review test plans and system performance, coordinate engineering disciplines, and provide technical expertise across the Department of Defense acquisition lifecycle.

Supports Air Force Civil Engineering automated systems through architecture updates, CONOPS and technical documentation, environment validation, network diagramming, troubleshooting, certification of commercial software, vulnerability mitigation, lifecycle tracking, DevSecOps oversight, and sustainment activities. The role collaborates with program managers, lead engineers, vendors, AFNIC, DISA, and AWS while maintaining certification dashboards and supporting software distribution.

Provide systems engineering support for deployment, configuration, migration, and maintenance of a Dynamics/PowerApps Task Management solution in Azure and Office 365 environments. Lead installations, troubleshooting, data migration, testing, and documentation; act as technical escalation and SME for solution architecture; coordinate with clients and product leadership to support releases and roadmap.

This role involves developing high-performance software for autonomous vehicles, focusing on sensor drivers, data processing, and vehicle interface integration, while adhering to quality standards.

Lead system safety efforts for autonomous and AI-enabled systems, analyzing hazards, requirements, safety architectures, mitigations, verification strategies, and digital safety cases. Apply Guardian AI to safety analyses, evaluate AI-generated outputs, establish validation practices, and convert recurring customer problems into product capabilities. Advise customers, mentor engineers, contribute to standards and industry thought leadership, and help define AI-assisted safety engineering methods.

Develop and improve system-level testing methodologies for complex semiconductor chips at system-level test. Responsibilities include chip characterization, yield enhancement, specification validation, silicon issue resolution, root cause analysis, and preventative process improvements. The role partners with ASIC, DFT, ATE, silicon validation, fab process, software, and quality engineering teams. Data analysis using Python and knowledge of memory technologies, PC architecture, PCIe, and DRAM/DDR are relevant.

Provides technical support for L10/L11 rack-level integration at ODM manufacturing sites. Responsibilities include debugging integration and factory issues, enabling manufacturing test flows, supporting customer quality, coordinating corrective actions with engineering teams, and recommending manufacturing process improvements. The role requires extensive systems engineering experience, data center and networking expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and travel to ODM locations in North America and Asia.

Lead testing and validation of robotic systems across simulation and physical robot environments. Define system- and unit-level test strategies, distribute test cases, execute tests, report results, develop testing and reporting utilities, and manage software version approval for field deployment. Collaborate closely with Controls, Autonomy, Integration, and Simulation teams.

Supports satellite communications ground station systems for the USGS EROS Center and Landsat program. Responsibilities include maintaining and integrating RF equipment, developing requirements and interfaces, conducting architecture and trade studies, performing integration testing, troubleshooting anomalies, supporting remote partner integration, and managing configuration changes. The role requires collaboration across engineering and operations teams and compliance with systems engineering processes, standards, and best practices.

Analyzes and reports integrated performance metrics for Axiom’s EVA spacesuit system. Responsibilities include managing and analyzing test data, developing Python-based analysis tools, tracking mass and power metrics, creating dashboards, maturing performance assessments, supporting NASA delivery, and communicating progress and risks to stakeholders. The role also contributes to design trades, cross-functional collaboration, and agile project management across the spaceflight system development lifecycle.

Provides hands-on engineering support for machining centers and production equipment at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Responsibilities include installation, startup, troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance, configuration management, technical documentation, equipment evaluations, reliability improvements, and coordination with engineering, production, maintenance, and operations teams. The role requires compliance with nuclear facility procedures, safety standards, configuration controls, and conduct-of-engineering requirements in an active industrial environment.

Supports DOE Y-12 plant systems by coordinating configuration management, assessing system health and performance, preparing design change packages, evaluating safety authorization impacts, troubleshooting technical issues, conducting system walkdowns, and reviewing calibration, testing, spare parts, maintenance, and system turnover activities.

Provide power system automation solutions and customer support for critical electrical infrastructure. Responsibilities include applying SEL products, conducting customer visits and demonstrations, delivering training, solving complex automation and communications problems, supporting sales and marketing activities, teaching SEL University courses, and contributing to technical publications. The role requires expertise in utility and industrial power systems, SCADA, protective devices, communications protocols, networking, and industrial control systems, with travel up to 25%.